Scenario: A paint manufacturer has been contacted by the public works department from a nearby city to ask about graffiti resistant paint finishes for buildings, bridges, signs and other public property. The paint manufacturer's formulation chemist knows from previous experience that a polyether modified dimethylpolysiloxane-copolymer, like BYK 301, is an excellent additive to resist graffiti. The chemist wants to know what formulations are readily available that use BYK 301 as an ingredient. Knovel can help.
- In the Search box on the Knovel Library home page enter the search phrase BYK 301. The query entered means, "find any page of text or row of data from an interactive table where the terms BYK and 301 are both present somewhere on the same page or in the same row of data." (Note: Knovel searches are not case sensitive. Using all capital letters, all lower case letters, or a mix of both yields the same result.) Click the Search button.
- Knovel's search results page shows eight titles retrieved. The first title in the list is Paint & Ink Formulations Database, this issue's Featured Title. Click on the name to view the search results found within this particular title.
- Sections from this title where the search terms appear are displayed. Click on the Table (137) link for the section named All Products.
- A Knovel Interactive Table opens displaying all entries found in the entire database for the keywords BYK 301. The formulation chemist can scroll down the list, locate a product of interest, and view the formulation by clicking view ingredients (which shows a simple list of the ingredients), view properties (which not only lists the ingredients, but also displays characteristics and properties like density, viscosity, and pigment concentration), or view text (which displays a PDF page from the original source book). The chemist now has an extensive list of formulations containing the ingredient BYK 301.
